Straw-hat filler.



CHARLES S. TI-IAYER, 0F MIDDLETOWN, NEW YORK.

STRAW-HAT FILLER.

No Drawing.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES S. THAYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Middletown, in the county or Orange and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Straw- Hat Fillers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a composition for finishing straw hats and more particularly to a filler therefor.

The object of the invention is to produce a composition of this character which operates not only as a filler for closing the interstices in the hat, but also polishes the surface thereof.

Another object is to provide a hat filler which may be applied without necessitating the repressing of the hat.

Still another object is to produce a hat filler which is substantially waterproof and cannot be washed off with water.

This composition consists of a mixture of banana oil or liquid, white enamel paint, gasolene, naphtha or benzin, sulfur and soapstone or chalk.

In preparing the composition, the ingredients are used in about the following proportions, to wit: banana oil or liquid, 1 oz.; white enamel paint, 16 oz.; gasolene, naphtha or benzin, 24 oz.; sulfur, 5 oz.; soapstone, French or precipitated chalk, 18 oz.

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Patented Jan 23, 191

Application filed August 11, 1916. Serial No. 114,466.

These ingredients are combined in the following manner: by first mixing the banana oil and enamel paint, then adding the gasolene, naphtha or benzin, either of which may be equally well used, then adding the sulfur and soapstone in the order named and the mixture is ready for use and may be applied with a brush, one or more coats being used as found desirable. The enamel causes the filling to adhere to the hat, while the sulfur produces a polish. The gasolene is used for thinning the mixture so that it may be readily spread and evaporating quickly thereby prevents buckling of the straw and avoids the necessity of repressing, thus increasing the output of a factory from twenty to fifty per cent. The soapstone being cheaper than French or precipitated chalk is preferably used and constitutes the body of the filler serving to fill the interstices while the oil cuts the enamel and also neutralizes the odor.

I claim:

A filler for straw hats comprising one ounce banana oil, sixteen ounces white enamel paint, twenty-four ounces gasolene, five ounces sulfur, and eighteen ounces soapstone.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES S. THAYER.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM DURYEA, CHAS. E. KINOAID.

"Commissioner of ZPetente,

ashington, D. G. 

